Unwhelmed
adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 simple past and past participle of unwhelm form-of, participle, past
- 1 Not engulfed or submerged; (figuratively) not overcome with emotion.
"1872, William Watkiss Lloyd, The History of Sicily to the Athenian War; with Elucidations of the Sicilian Odes of Pindar, London: John Murray, Book 2, Chapter 6 “To Hiero of Syracuse (Second Pythian Ode),” p. 291, For I, like the cork above a net, whilst the other tackle plies the sea-toil deep below, am still unwhelmed by the brine."
Example
More examples"1872, William Watkiss Lloyd, The History of Sicily to the Athenian War; with Elucidations of the Sicilian Odes of Pindar, London: John Murray, Book 2, Chapter 6 “To Hiero of Syracuse (Second Pythian Ode),” p. 291, For I, like the cork above a net, whilst the other tackle plies the sea-toil deep below, am still unwhelmed by the brine."
Etymology
From un- + whelmed.
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